Audio [audio:http://archive.org/download/hotinhere/itshotinhere09mar2009.mp3]

We’re joined this week (about 4 minutes in) by soon-to-be Cosmology doctorate Brian Nord who helps us explore the universe.

Brian Nord: Our Cosmologist in Residence

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Space Junk

Butt First

A little news:
the EPA is re-thinking a few things like dioxin clean-up ideas….

Then intermixed with our discussions of Space and Cosmology:

The tragedy of our orbital commons: This week’s Thresholds examines all that junk up there in Earth’s orbit.
a Sustainable Fish of the Week…Tilapia (AGAIN!)

a check in with our Washington correspondent Kerry Duggan at the League of Conservation Voters…

and of course some tunes.